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R680 Has Landed: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 Tested »

Posted by: TechnologyExpert 7 months, 1 week ago

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AMD officially launched their new high-end flagship graphics card today and this one has a pair of graphics processors on a single PCB. The Radeon HD 3870 X2 was codenamed R680 throughout its development. Although that codename implies the card is powered by a new GPU, it is not.

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TechnologyExpert7 months, 1 week ago

The Radeon HD 3870 X2 is instead powered by a pair of RV670 GPUs linked together on a single PCB by a PCI Express fan-out switch. In essence, the Radeon HD 3870 X2 is "CrossFire on a card" but with a small boost in clock speed for each GPU as well.
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TheAttacks7 months, 1 week ago

I'm surprised it was beat by the Crossfire HD3870s, but I guess it is right on par, only trailing by a few points in 3DMark06.
Interestingly enough, it performs near the 8800GTX, but cost less.
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